BR112020005432A2 - drift control and water conditioning compositions and methods of use - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a concentrated adjuvant composition comprising an incompletely hydrated water-soluble polymer suspended in a liquid medium, a suspending agent, a surfactant, optionally, a glycol, glycol derivative, glycerol or glycerol derivative, and a water conditioning component.

Description

Invention Patent Descriptive Report for "COM-

DRIFTING AND WATER CONDITIONING POSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE ". Cross Reference to Related Orders

[0001] This application claims the benefit of provisional patent application serial number U.S. 62 / 561,755 filed on September 22, 2017, the content of which is incorporated by reference into this document. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to formulations that have concentrated suspensions of water-soluble polymers and, in particular, to concentrated suspensions of polysaccharide particles. Background

[0003] The application of pesticides and herbicides is important in agriculture to control the growth of weeds, which interfere with the growth of crops. Pesticides / herbicides are sprayed in the air and, due to the wind, can be transported to adjacent fields / roads and cause unwanted damage. Drift reduction agents are commonly used to mitigate drift. In addition, the quality of the water varies from place to place and the hardness of the water has a significant effect on the efficiency of the pesticide / herbicide, where in harder water the pesticide / herbicide becomes less effective. In order to maintain efficiency, water conditioners are used. Typically, the water conditioner and drift reducing agent and two separate additives that will be used and mixed separately in a tank. Summary of the Invention

[0004] In the present invention, water conditioning agents and drift reduction agents are combined in a single formulation that addresses disadvantages currently present in the invention.

industry. Having a built-in water conditioner (ie, with the drift control agent) has a distinct advantage of automatically managing water hardness and ensuring that the efficiency of the pesticide is not lost. This is an advantage for a farmer or end user, who no longer needs to measure and apply a ratio to the mixing tank, which is often performed incorrectly, leading to incompatibility and similar problems. In addition, when the water conditioner and drift treatment are used separately, additional resources are needed, such as additive tanks and additional travel to transport the equipment on the farm. Having the water conditioner together with the drift reduction agent will also help to save time for the farmer or end user.

[0005] Furthermore, it is common in agricultural applications to add a polymer in the form of a dry powder to an aqueous and dissolved medium to form a viscous aqueous solution. In some applications, it would also be desirable to provide a liquid concentrate that has a high polymer content and that could simply be diluted to the desired end use concentration for agricultural uses. This approach can be difficult, for example, concentrated aqueous polysaccharide polymer solutions tend to be highly viscous and difficult to handle. Ammonium-containing compounds such as ammonium sulfate (AMS), diamonium phosphate (DAP) and ammonium urea nitrate (UAN) can often be used to control polysaccharide hydration.

[0006] In the agricultural industry, compounds containing ammonium such as ammonium sulfate (AMS), diamonium phosphate (DAP) and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN), among others, are conventionally used to control polysaccharide hydration as well as in conditioning of water. The use of AMS, DAP and UAN, among others, has been widely adopted in agricultural practices, especially in "hard water" areas. In these areas, tank mixtures containing, as a large component of them, "hard water" along with pesticides, including herbicides (eg glyphosate) and the like, as well as other components.

[0007] To combat the increase in glyphosate-resistant weeds, the trend in the agricultural industry has shifted from using only glyphosate for other herbicides or a combination of glyphosate with other herbicides. Other herbicides, for example, dicamba and its salts, can be used. However, dicamba and its salts are, in general, incompatible with ammonium-containing compounds used for water conditioning. As such, it is desirable to replace these ammonium-containing compounds with alternative compounds that are compatible with dicamba and its salts. In one embodiment, the compositions, as described in this document, are free of compounds containing added ammonium or are prepared in the absence of compounds containing ammonium. In another embodiment, the composition, as described in this document, is substantially free of compounds containing ammonium, which means that no compound containing ammonium has been added to the composition. In another embodiment, the composition, as described herein, is substantially free of ammonium-containing compounds, which means that no ammonium-containing compounds have been added to the composition, in which only trace amounts of ammonium-containing compounds are present. In yet another mode, the composition, as described in this document, is substantially free of ammonium-containing compounds, which means that only trace amounts of ammonium-containing compounds are present.

[0008] In one embodiment, the trace amount of ammonium-containing compounds means that less than 2% by weight of ammonium-containing compounds are present. In another embodiment, the trace amount of ammonium-containing compounds means that less than 1% by weight of ammonium-containing compounds is present. In yet another embodiment, the trace amount of ammonium-containing compounds means less than 0.5% by weight of the composition of ammonium-containing compounds is present. In another embodiment, the trace amount of ammonium-containing compounds means that less than 0.1% of the composition of ammonium-containing compounds is present. In another embodiment, the trace amount of ammonium-containing compounds means that less than 0.05% by weight of ammonium-containing compounds is present.

[0009] There is a continuing interest in providing polymers in a convenient manner that exhibits good handling properties and good storage stability.

[00010] In one aspect, agricultural compositions are described in this document which comprise: (A) a drift control component (such drift control component comprises: (i) an incompletely hydrated water-soluble polymer suspended in a liquid medium , (ii) a suspending agent in an amount effective to impart shear thinning properties to the composition, (iii) a glycol, a glycol derivative, a glycerol or a glycerol derivative, and (iv) a surfactant) and (B) a water conditioning component comprising: choline chloride, potassium citrate, citric acid, polyacrylate, ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), dipotassium hydrogen phosphate (K2HPO3), potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH2PO4) or combination thereof. It is also understood that the liquid medium may contain a glycol, a glycol derivative, a glycerol or a glycerol derivative.

[00011] In another embodiment, agricultural compositions are described in the present document which comprise: (A) a drift control component (such drift control component comprises: (i) a water soluble polymer that is incompletely hydra - suspended in a liquid medium, the liquid medium optionally containing a glycol, a glycol derivative, a glycerol or a glycerol derivative, (ii) a suspending agent in an amount effective to confer thinning properties under shear for the composition, and (iii) a surfactant) and (B) a water conditioning component comprising: choline chloride, potassium citrate, citric acid, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate (K2HPO3), potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH2PO4) or a combination thereof.

[00012] The agricultural composition, in one embodiment, is fluidizable and exhibits a viscosity of less than 10 Pa.s at a shear rate greater than or equal to 10 s'. In one embodiment, the agricultural composition is fluidizable and exhibits a viscosity of less than 1 Pas at a shear rate greater than or equal to 10 s *. In an additional embodiment, the agricultural composition is fluidizable and exhibits a viscosity of less than 0.1 Pa.s at a shear rate greater than or equal to 10sº.

[00013] The water conditioning component may comprise choline chloride as the only component. In some modes, the suspending agent is selected from fumed silica, colloidal or inorganic colloidal formation particles, rheology modifying polymers or mixtures thereof. In a modality, the water-soluble polymer is guar gum, carboxymethyl guar, carboxymethyl hydroxypropyl guar, cationic hydroxypropyl guar, hydroxyethyl guar, hydroxypropyl guar, hydroxybutyl guar, carboxylpropyl guar, carboxy-butyl guar, xanthan gum and mixtures thereof. Typically, in some embodiments, the water-soluble polymer is guar gum, carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar, hydroxypropyl guar or any combination thereof.

[00014] In some embodiments, the glycol, derived from glycol, glycerol or derived from glycerol is polyethylene glycol, ether glycol or polypropylene glycol or a combination thereof.

[00015] The agricultural composition may further comprise an active pesticide ingredient, in which the water-soluble polymer or drift control component enhances the delivery of the pesticide active ingredient from the liquid medium to a target substrate. The agricultural composition can be incorporated into a pesticide formulation thus providing an "embedded" formulation, or, supplied as a drift control and independent water conditioning formulation without a pesticide component. These formulations are typically concentrated and would be used simply by adding the desired amount of concentrate to the tank / spray mixture before application.

[00016] The liquid medium can be an aqueous liquid medium that includes water or water and an organic liquid immiscible with water. In addition, in some embodiments, the agricultural composition is in the form of an emulsion, microemulsion or suspoemulsion.

[00017] In one embodiment, the surfactant is a Ca-C16 ethoxylate alcohol. In other embodiments, the agricultural composition comprises, based on 100 parts by weight of the composition, at least 2 parts by weight of an incompletely hydrated water-soluble polymer suspended in a liquid medium. In other embodiments, the agricultural composition comprises, based on 100 parts by weight of the composition, at least 3 parts by weight or at least 4 parts by weight of an incompletely hydrated water-soluble polymer suspended in a liquid medium.

[00018] In one embodiment, the suspending agent comprises a microbial polysaccharide. In one embodiment, the suspending agent comprises xanthan gum. In another embodiment, the suspending agent comprises xanthan gum, rheozan, diutana, wellan gum, succinoglycan, scleroglucan or other microbial polysaccharide. In another embodiment, the suspending agent is a mixture of (i) fumed silica, precipitated silica and / or (ii) colloidal or inorganic colloidal forming particles. In another embodiment, the suspending agent is a mixture of at least two of the following: fumed silica, precipitated silica, inorganic colloidal particles or colloid-forming particles.

[00019] In another aspect, methods for making an agricultural composition that comprise a mixture of an aqueous liquid medium, an incompletely hydrated water-soluble polymer dispersed in the aqueous liquid medium and a water component are described in this document. water conditioning, the steps comprising: (1) placing the water conditioning component in contact with the aqueous liquid medium, and (2) placing a drift control component in contact with the mixture of aqueous liquid and the component of water conditioning. In some embodiments, the method even includes the step of putting an agricultural pesticide compound in contact with the composition. Detailed Description of the Invention and Preferred Modalities

[00020] As used in this document, "liquid medium" means a medium that is in the liquid phase at a temperature of 25ºC and a pressure of an atmosphere. The liquid medium can be a non-aqueous liquid medium or an aqueous liquid medium.

[00021] In one embodiment, the liquid medium is an aqueous liquid medium. As used herein, the term "aqueous medium" means a single-phase liquid medium that contains more than a trace amount of water, typically based on 100 bp of the aqueous medium, more than 0.1 pbw water. Suitable aqueous media comprise more typically, based on 100 bpw of the aqueous medium, more than about 5 bpw water, even more typically more than 10 bpw water. In one embodiment, the aqueous emulsion comprises, based on 100 pbw of the aqueous medium, more than 40 pbw water, more typically, more than 50 pbw water. The aqueous medium can optionally further comprise water-soluble or water-miscible components dissolved in the aqueous medium.

[00022] The terminology "water miscible", as used in this document, means miscible in all proportions with water. Suitable water-miscible organic liquids include, for example, (C1-Ce) alcohols, such as methanol, ethanol, propanol, and (C1- Cse) polyols, such as glycerol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and diethylene glycol. The composition of the present invention can optionally further comprise one or more water-insoluble or water-immiscible components, such as a water-immiscible organic liquid, in which the aqueous medium and water-insoluble or water-immiscible components combined form a microemulsion, or a multiphase system such as an emulsion, suspension or suspoemulsion, in which the aqueous medium is in the form of a continuous phase dispersed in a continuous phase of the water-insoluble component or water-immiscible or, more typically, the water-insoluble or water-immiscible component is in the form of a discontinuous phase dispersed in a continuous phase of the aqueous medium.

[00023] “As used herein, the term" hydration "with reference to the water-soluble polymer component of the present invention means the association of substituent groups, typically hydrophilic substituent groups, such as hydroxyl groups, of the soluble polymer in water with water molecules, such as water molecules from the aqueous medium through, for example, hydrogen bonding. The degree to which the water-soluble polymer is hydrated by being in the range from unhydrated to fully hydrated, with degrees of partial hydration extending between the two ends. As discussed in greater detail below, the water-soluble polymer has the ability to contribute to the viscosity of the composition of the present invention with the magnitude of the contribution being dependent on the degree of hydration of the water-soluble polymer. The degree of hydration of the water-soluble polymer can, therefore, be distinguished based on the magnitude of the contribution that the water-soluble polymer makes to the viscosity of the composition.

[00024] As referred to in this document, a water-soluble polymer "not hydrated" makes no significant contribution to the composition's viscosity. In general, the non-hydrated water-soluble polymer would be in the form of a discontinuous phase, for example, separate particles, which is dispersed in a continuous phase of the liquid medium, ideally without interaction between the hydrophilic substituents of the polymer and no molecules. of water present in the liquid medium. In the case of an aqueous medium, there will generally be at least some interaction between the hydrophilic polymer groups and water molecules in the aqueous medium at interfaces between the phases, for example, on the external surfaces of the particles. It is believed that, in the case of a non-hydrated water-soluble polymer, the interaction between the hydrophobic substituent groups of the unhydrated water-soluble polymer overrides the interaction between the hydrophilic substituent groups of the polymer and any water molecules present in the water. The polymer chains of the non-hydrated water-soluble polymer are in a compact folded conformation and, in the case where the liquid medium is an aqueous medium, the unhydrated water-soluble polymer is not dissolved in the aqueous medium and remains in the form discontinuous phase dispersed in the continuous phase of the aqueous medium.

[00025] - As referred to in this document, a water-soluble polymer "fully hydrated" makes the maximum contribution to the viscosity of the composition that the water-soluble polymer has the capacity to produce. It is believed that in a fully hydrated water-soluble polymer, the association between the hydrophilic substituting groups of the water-soluble polymer and the water molecules overlaps the interaction between the hydrophobic substituting groups. Thus, the polymer chains of a fully hydrated water-soluble polymer are thus in a random unfolded spiral configuration, and in the case where the liquid medium is an aqueous medium, the aqueous medium and the soluble polymer in fully hydrated water they form a single phase, that is, the fully hydrated water-soluble polymer is dissolved in the aqueous medium.

[00026] "As referred to in this document, a" partially hydrated "water-soluble polymer is a water-soluble polymer in which some of the hydrophilic substituent groups of the polymer are associated with water molecules. At a relatively low level of hydration, the partially hydrated water-soluble polymer makes a relatively small contribution to the composition's viscosity, while at a relatively high level of hydration, the viscosity contribution of a given amount of a soluble polymer in partially hydrated water in a given medium approaches, but is less than, the maximum contribution that the amount of water-soluble polymer has the capacity to produce in that medium when completely hydrated. It is believed that with increasing hydration, the particles of the water-soluble polymer swell, an increasing number of hydrophilic substituent groups of the water-soluble polymer, including hydrophilic substituent groups in the swollen water-soluble polymer mass, will associate with molecules of water and, as complete hydration approaches, the water-soluble polymer chains unfold progressively and approach a random unfolded spiral configuration.

[00027] "Not hydrated" and "partially hydrated" are collectively referred to in this document as "incompletely hydrated".

[00028] The degree of hydration of the water-soluble polymer can be distinguished by viscosity measurements. For example, the viscosity of a certain amount of a water-soluble polymer, in a certain amount of an aqueous medium, in the presence of a certain amount of a water conditioning component (which also acts to inhibit hydration of the polysaccharide or polymer water-soluble), and under certain shear conditions, as described in more detail below (the "test composition"), can be compared to the viscosity of the same amount of the water-soluble polymer in the same amount of the aqueous medium in the absence of the water conditioning component (the "baseline composition"). It is believed that the water conditioning component also contributes to the agricultural composition being incompletely hydrated, or in other modalities, not hydrated or partially hydrated. If the viscosity of the test composition is equal to that of the baseline composition, then the water-soluble polymer of the test composition is considered to be completely hydrated (and the water conditioning component is ineffective in the amount tested to inhibit hydration. of the polymer). If the viscosity of the test composition is less than that of the baseline composition, then the water-soluble polymer of the test composition is considered "incompletely hydrated" (and the proposed water conditioning component is effective in the amount tested. Pan-

inhibit hydration of the polymer).

[00029] In one embodiment, the liquid medium is an aqueous liquid medium and at least a portion of the water-soluble polymer is in the form of particles of the water-soluble polymer. In a modality, the liquid medium is an aqueous liquid medium, at least a portion of the water-soluble polymer is in the form of particles of the water-soluble polymer, and at least a portion of such particles is dispersed, most typically suspended , I name aqueous liquid. The presence of such particles in the composition of the present invention can be detected, for example, by means of optical microscopy.

[00030] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention exhibits a viscosity of less than 10 Pa.s, more typically, from about 0.1 to less than 10 Pa.s, at a shear rate greater than or equal to 10 s . In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention exhibits a viscosity of less than 7 Pa.s, more typically, from about 0.1 to less than 7 Pa.s, at a shear rate greater than or equal to 10 s. In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention exhibits a viscosity of less than 5 Pa.s, more typically, from about 0.1 to less than 5 Pa.s, at a shear rate greater than or equal to 10 s.

[00031] In one embodiment, such a viscosity profile matches the composition that is fluidizable, that is, capable of being pumped. This feature is an advantage as end-use applications for a storage container typically prefer to pump components into the final application tank for culture application. For example, typically farmers will add components for a final rate mix in separate tanks, such as a water tank, a tank for an adjuvant composition, a tank for a water conditioner and have these components pumped to a final application tank for end use.

[00032] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention exhibits a non-Newtonian "thinning under shear" viscosity, that is, a viscosity that, within a given range of shear stress, decreases with increasing shear stress. Two generally recognized general categories of flow behavior, that is, plastic flow behavior and pseudoplastic flow behavior, each of which includes thinning flow behavior under shear.

[00033] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention exhibits plastic flow behavior. As used in this document, the term "plastic" with reference to the flow behavior of a composition means that the composition exhibiting a characteristic "yield strength", that is, the minimum shear stress required to start the composition flow, and exhibits thinning behavior under shear in some range of shear stress above the elastic limit. A plastic composition exhibits no flow when subjected to the shear stress below its elastic limit and flows when subjected to the shear stress above its elastic limit, where, in an intermediate range of shear stress above of its elasticity limit, the composition typically exhibits a non-Newtonian viscosity that decreases with increasing shear stress, that is, the thinning behavior under shear and, under shear stresses above the intermediate range of shear stress , the composition may exhibit a viscosity that does not vary with the shear stress, that is, Newtonian flow behavior.

[00034] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention exhibits pseudoplastic flow behavior. As used in this document, the term "pseudoplastic" in reference to the flow behavior of a composition means that the composition exhibits a viscosity that decreases with increasing shear stress, that is, the thinning behavior under shear.

[00035] In each case, a composition that has plastic or pseudoplastic biological properties resists flow under low shear stress, but that when subjected to a high shear stress, such as being agitated in a bottle or pressed. through an orifice, the composition flows and can be easily pumped, poured or otherwise dispensed from a container. In general, the condition of storage or sedimentation is a low shear process, which has a shear rate in the range of about 10º reciprocal seconds (1 / s or, equivalently, s) to about 0.01 s * and the pumping or pouring is a relatively high shear process with a shear rate in the range greater than or equal to about 1 s ', more typically 100 s' a

10,000 s ”, and even more typically, from 100 s * to 1,000 s * '.

[00036] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises about 1 bpw, greater than about 1.5 bpw, greater than about 2 bpw, greater than about 2.4 bpw or greater than about 2.5 bpw - about 30 bpw, about 25 bpw, about 20 bpw, about 15 bpw or about 12 bpw, of the water-soluble polymer and exhibits a lower viscosity or equal to about 10 Pa.s, more typically about 0.1 to less than or equal to 10 Pa.s, and even more typically about 0.1 to less than or equal to 5 Pa.s, at a rate shear greater than or equal to 10 s.

[00037] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention resists sedimentation or separation under low shear stress storage conditions and yet is pumped under high shear stress conditions. In such a mode, the composition of the present invention exhibits a viscosity of about 1 to about 1,000 Pa.s, more typically from 5 to about 800 Pa.s, even more typically, from about 10 to about 500 Pa.s, at a shear rate less than or equal to 0.01 a viscosity is displayed which is less than the viscosity displayed at a shear rate less than or equal to 0.01 s, ”typically a viscosity less than 10 Pa.s, more typically, from about 0.1 to less than 10 Pa.s, and even more typically, from about 0.1 to less than 5 Pa.s, at a shear rate greater than or equal to 10 s, more typically, greater than or equal to 100 s.

[00038] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention exhibits a viscosity greater than or equal to 10 Pa.s at a shear rate less than or equal to 0.01 if it exhibits a viscosity less than 10 Pa.s at a shear rate greater than or equal to 10 s, more typically, greater than or equal to 100 s ".

[00039] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention exhibits a viscosity greater than or equal to 5 Pa.sa a shear rate less than or equal to 0.01 a viscosity less than 5 Pa.sa exhibits a rate of shear greater than or equal to 10 s', more typically, greater than or equal to 100 sº.

[00040] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention exhibits a viscosity greater than or equal to 1 Pa.s at a shear rate less than or equal to 0.01 s * and exhibits a viscosity less than 1 Pa.s at a shear rate greater than or equal to 10 s', more typically, greater than or equal to 100 s °.

[00041] In one embodiment, the composition exhibits an elasticity limit greater than O Pa, more typically greater than 0.01 Pa, even more typically, from about 0.01 to about 10 Pa, even more typically from about 0.1 to about 5 Pa.

[00042] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention also exhibits thixotropic properties. As used in this document, the term "thixotropic (a)" with reference to the flow properties of a composition means that the composition exhibits thinning viscosity under non-Newtonian shear that depends on time, that is, the decrease in viscosity of the composition that is produced by increasing shear stress is reversible and the composition returns to its original state when the shear stress is interrupted.

[00043] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention further comprises a suspending agent, typically dispersed in the liquid medium, in an amount effective to impart thinning viscosity under shear, to impart yield strength or to confer thinning viscosity under shear. and yield strength for the composition, generally in an amount, based on 100 bpw of the composition of the present invention, greater than 0 to about 10 bpw, more typically, from about 0.2 to about 5 bpw, and even more typically, from about 0.5 to about bpw of the suspending agent.

[00044] In one embodiment, the suspending agent is selected from among silica, more typically fumed silica, colloidal or inorganic colloidal forming particles, more typically clays, rheology modifying polymers and mixtures thereof. In one embodiment, where the liquid medium is an aqueous medium, the suspending agent comprises a polysaccharide polymer that is different from the water-soluble polymer and which is hydrolyzed more readily than the water-soluble polymer. For example, xanthan gum can be dissolved in an aqueous medium and used as a suspending agent to suspend guar particles that are incompletely hydrolyzed in the aqueous medium.

[00045] In one embodiment, in which the liquid medium is an aqueous medium and the water-soluble polymer is incompletely hydrolyzed and, in itself, performs the function of suspending agent by forming a viscous mass swollen with water , wherein said viscous mass has a lower viscosity than would have the same amount of the same water-soluble polymer in a fully hydrated state, and a separate suspending agent is not necessary.

[00046] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention further comprises a water conditioning component.

[00047] - It is further believed that the water conditioning component can be added in an amount effective to inhibit hydration of the water soluble polysaccharide in the liquid medium so that the polysaccharide polymer component of the composition of the present invention is incompletely hydrated, usually in an amount, based on 100 bpw of the aqueous medium, greater than 0 to about 70 bpw, more typically, from about 15 to about 60 Pbw, and even more typically, from about 20 to about 50 bpw of the water conditioning component. The use of a water conditioning component typically has the greatest benefit in those modalities of the composition of the present invention in which the liquid medium is an aqueous medium.

[00048] In another modality, the water conditioning component is present in an amount that has a lower limit, based on 100 pbw of aqueous solution, 10 pbw, or, in another modality, 15 pbw , or, in another mode, 20 Pbw, or, in another mode, 25 pbw.

[00049] In an additional modality, the water conditioning component is present in an amount that has an upper limit, based on 100 bpw of aqueous solution, 30 bpw, or,

in another modality, 40 pbw, or, in another modality, 50 pbw, or, in another modality, 60 pbw, or, in another modality, 70 pbw.

[00050] It will be appreciated that the suspending agent and / or the water conditioning component of the composition of the present invention can each perform more than one function. For example, a suspending agent that functions as a suspending agent in the composition of the present invention can also perform another desired function, for example, hydration inhibitor, drift reduction, etc., in an end-use application. Or a salt that functions as a hydration inhibitor in the composition of the present invention can also perform a desired function, for example, biological activity, in an end-use application, such as a pharmaceutical or pesticidal composition. As another example, a water conditioning component that functions as a water conditioner in the composition of the present invention can also perform a desired function, for example, hydration inhibitor, in upstream or end-use applications.

[00051] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises, based on 100 bpw of the composition, more than 0 bpw, more typically, about 1 bpw, even more typically, about 2 bpw, and even more typically greater than 2.5 bpw, about pbw, more typically, about 25, even more typically, about 20 pbw, and even more typically about 12 bpw, of the water-soluble polymer.

[00052] In another modality, the water-soluble polymer is present in an amount that has a lower limit, based on 100 bpw of composition or aqueous solution, of 1 pbw, or, in another modality, of 1 , 2 pbw, or, in another mode, 1.4 pbw, or, in another mode, 1.6 pbw, or, in another mode,

1.8 bpw, or in yet another additional mode, 2 bpw, or, in another mode, 2.4 bpw, or in an additional mode, 3 bpw, or, in another mode, 3.5 bpw, or, in another modality, 3.8 pbw, or, in another modality, 4 pbw, or, in another modality, 4.5 pbw, or in one modality, 5 pbw, or, in another modality, 7 pbw, or in an additional mode, 8 pbw, or, in another mode, 10 pbw, or in yet another mode, 12 pbw, or, in another mode, 16 pbw, or, in another mode, 20 pbw . In a particular embodiment, the water-soluble polymer is present in an amount that has a lower limit, based on 100 bpw of composition or 1.8 bpw aqueous solution. In a particular mode, the water-soluble polymer is present in an amount that has a lower limit, based on 100 bpw of composition or 3.8 bpw aqueous solution. In a particular embodiment, the water-soluble polymer is present in an amount that has a lower limit, based on 100 pbw of composition or 4 pbw aqueous solution. In a particular embodiment, the water-soluble polymer is present in an amount that has a lower limit, based on 100 pbw of composition or 2 Ppbw aqueous solution.

In yet another embodiment, the water-soluble polymer is present in an amount that has an upper limit, based on 100 bpw of aqueous composition or solution, 20 bpw, or, in another mode, 18 bpw, or , in another mode, 17 pbw, or, in another mode, 16 pbw, or, in another mode, 14 Pbw, or in yet another additional mode, 13 pbw, or, in another mode, 12 pbw, or in an additional modality, 10 pbw, or, in another modality, 9 pbw, or, in another modality, 8 Pbw, or, in another modality, 7 pbw, or, in another modality, 6 pbw, or one modality, 5.5 pbw, or, in another modality

5 pbw, or in an additional modality, 4.5 pbw, or, in another modality, 3 pbw, or in yet another modality, 2.5 pbw, or, in another modality, 2.2 ppbw. In a particular embodiment, the water-soluble polymer is present in an amount that has an upper limit, based on 100 pbw of composition or aqueous solution, 12 pbw. In a particular embodiment, the water-soluble polymer is present in an amount that has an upper limit, based on 100 pbw of composition or aqueous solution, of 8 pbw. In a particular embodiment, the water-soluble polymer is present in an amount that has an upper limit, based on 100 pbw of composition or aqueous solution, of 20 pbw.

[00053] In one embodiment, the polymer is a polysaccharide polymer. The polysaccharide polymer typically has a large number of hydrophilic substituent groups, typically hydroxyl, per molecule, more typically one or more hydroxyl group per monomeric unit of the polysaccharide polymer.

[00054] In one embodiment, the polysaccharide polymer is a polymer that has an average molecular weight of up to about 10,000,000 grams per mol (g / mol) more typically up to about 5,000,000 grams per mol, more typically, from about 100,000 to about 4,000,000 g / mol, even more typically, from about

500,000 to about 3,000,000 g / mol, the composition of the present invention comprises, based on 100 bpw of the composition, up to about bpw, more typically, from about 1 to about 12 bpw, and even more typically , from about 2 to about 10 bp, and even more typically from more than 2.5 to about 8 bp, of the polysaccharide polymer. The average molecular weight of a polysaccharide polymer can be determined using known methods, such as chromatography on gel permeation with refractive index or light scattering. As generally used in this document,

that is, in the absence of an explicit limitation such as "derived (a)" or "non-derivative (a)", the term "guar gum polymer" refers collectively to non-derived polysaccharide polymers and derived polysaccharide numbers.

[00055] In one embodiment, where the polysaccharide polymer is a depolymerized guar gum having a molecular weight less than about 100,000 g / mol, the composition of the present invention comprises, based on 100 bpw of the composition, up to about 50 Pbw or about 30 bpw, more typically, from about 0.1 bpw or from about 1 bpw to about 25 bpw, even more typically, from about 1.5 to about 20 bpw, still more typically, from about 2 bpw to about 15 bpw, and even more typically greater than 2.5 bpw to about 12 bpw, of the polysaccharide polymer.

[00056] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises more than 2.5 to about 8 bpw of a guar gum polymer suspended in a liquid medium, more typically an aqueous medium, in which the polymer has a molecular weight average of about 100,000 g / mol, more typically, about 500,000 g / mol, about 5,000,000 g / mol, more typically, about 4,000,000 g / mol, and even more typically, at about 3,000,000 g / mol, and the composition exhibits a viscosity greater than or equal to 5 Pa.s, more typically greater than or equal to 10 Pa.s, at a shear rate of less than 0.01 s, most typically less than 0.001 s !, and a viscosity that is less than the viscosity displayed at a shear rate less than or equal to 0.01 s ”, typically a viscosity less than 10 Pa.s, more typically less than 5 Pa.s , at a shear rate greater than s !, more typically greater than 100 s ".

[00057] In one embodiment, the drift control component of the present invention comprises: (a) a liquid medium,

(b) an incompletely hydrated water-soluble polymer, more typically in which at least a portion of a water-soluble polymer is in the form of particles of the water-soluble polymer, at least a portion of which is dispersed, most typically suspended in the liquid medium, and (c) a suspending agent in an amount effective to impart thinning properties under shear to the composition; (d) optionally, a surfactant; and (e) optionally, a glycol, a glycol derivative, a glycerol, a glycerol derivative or any combination thereof.

[00058] Glycols, glycol derivatives, glycerols and / or glycerol derivatives include, but are not limited to, polyglycols, polyglycolic derivatives, aliphatic dihydroxy (dihydric) alcohols, polypropylene glycol, triethylene glycol, alkyl glycol ethers such as dipropylene glycol methyl ether, diethylene glycol. In another embodiment, glycols, glycol derivatives, glycerols and / or glycerol derivatives include, but are not limited to, polyglycols such as polyethylene glycols (PEG) and polypropylene glycols. Glycols are represented by the general formula ChH2n (OH) 2, where n is at least 2. Non-limiting examples of glycols include ethylene glycol (glycol), propylene glycol (1,2-propanediol), 1,4-butanediol, 1 , 5-pentanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,7-heptanediol, 1,9-nonanediol, 1,10-decanediol, 1,8-octanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,3-butanediol, 1 , 4-butanediol, 2,3-butanediol, 2,4-pentanediol, 2,5-hexanediol, 4,5-octanediol and 3,4-hexanediol, neopentylglycol, pinacol, 2,2-diethyl-1 , 3-propanediol, 2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol, 2-ethyl-2-butyl-1,3-propanediol, isobutylene glycol, 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol, 1,3-diphenyl -1,3-propanediol, 3-methyl-1,3-butanediol.

[00059] In another embodiment, glycols, glycol derivatives, glycerols and / or glycerol derivatives include, but are not limited to, glycol stearate, ethylene glycol monostearate, ethyl distearate

noglycol, ethylene glycol starch stearate, dilauratoglycol, propylene glycol monohydrate, propylene glycol tipprilate, propylene glycol tipprate, diacetatoglycol, dipalmitoglycol, dihydroglycol, dihydroglycol, dihydroglycol, dihydroglycol, dichloro glycol, dibyrol, dihydroglycol, dibyroglycol, dihydroglycol, dibutyroglycol, dibyrol. In another embodiment, glycols, glycol derivatives, glycerols and / or glycerol derivatives also include polypropylene glycol, triethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol methyl ether! or diethylene glycol.

[00060] Polyglycol derivatives include, but are not limited to, polypropylene glycols, as well as polyethylene glycol (PEG) 200-6000 mono and dilaurates, such as PEG 600 dilaurate, PEG 600 monolaurate, PEG 1000 dilaurate, PEG 1000 monolaurate , PEG 1540 dilaurate and PEG 1540 monolaurate, 200-6000 polyethylene glycol mono and dioleates, such as PEG 400 mono-oleate, PEG 600 dioleate, PEG 600 mono-oleate, PEG 1000 mono-oleate, PEG 1540 diolemate, PEG 1540 monooleate and polyethylene glycol 200-6000 mono and distearates, such as PEG 400 distearate, PEG 400 monostearate, PEG 600 distearate, PEG 600 monostearate, PEG distearate 1000, PEG 1000 monostearate, PEG 1540 distearate, PEG 1540 monostearate and PEG 3000 monostearate.

[00061] “Examples of glycerol derivatives include, but are not limited to, glycerol monolaurate, glycerol monostearate, glycerol distearate, glycerol trioleate, glycerol mono-oleate, glycerol dilaurate, glycerol dipalmitate, glycerol triacetate glycerol, glycerol tribenzoate, glycerol tributyrate, glycerol monopalmitate, glycerol trimiristate, glycerol trilaurate, glycerol tripalmitate and glycerol tristearate.

[00062] In one embodiment, the liquid medium is an aqueous medium and the composition of the present invention comprises, based on 100 bpw of the composition: (a) more than 0 bpw, more typically, more or equal to about 10 pbw, even more typically, more or equal to about 30 pbw, and even more typically, more or equal to about 40 pbw of water, (b) too much than O pbw, more typically, of about 0.1 Pbw or about 1 bpw, more typically, about 1.5 bpw, even more typically, about 2 bpw, and even more typically, more than 2.5 bpw, or about 3 bpw or about 4 bpw, about 50 bpw or about 30 bpw, more typically, about pbw, more typically, about 20 bpw, even more typically, about 15 bpw, and even more typically, about 12 bpw, of the incompletely hydrated water-soluble polysaccharide polymer, more typically where at least a portion of the water-soluble polymer is in the form of particles, and at least a portion of such particles is dispersed, more typically, suspended, in the liquid medium, and (c) more than O pbw, more typically, about 0.1 Pbw, even more typically, about 0.2 pbw, and yet more typically, from about 0.5 bpw, to about 10 bpw and, more typically, about 5 bpw, from the suspending agent, and (d) more than 0 bpw, more typically from about 0 , 1 Pbw or about 1 bpw, more typically about 1.5 bpw, still more typically about 2 bpw, and even more typically more than 2.5 bpw, about 3 bpw or more about 4 bp, about 50 bp or about 40 bp, more typically about 30 bp, more typically about 25 bp, still more typically about 20 bp of a glycol, a glycol derivative, a glycerol, a glycerol derivative or any combination thereof.

[00063] The drift control component can also

include, in other modalities, surfactants, water-soluble non-surfactant salts, water-dispersible organic solvents and mixtures thereof. The term "non-surfactant salts" as used in this document means salts that are not anionic, cationic, zwitterionic or amphoteric surfactants and includes active ingredients, such as a pesticidal active ingredient or a pharmaceutical active ingredient, which are salts and whose primary activity is different from the modification of the interfacial surface tension. The terminology "water-dispersible organic solvents" includes water-miscible organic liquids and water-immiscible organic liquids that can be dispersed in water, such as, for example, in the form of a water emulsion of water-immiscible organic liquid.

[00064] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises: (a) a drift control component as described in this document; and (d) a water conditioning component.

[00065] In one embodiment, the water conditioning component, in addition to the conditioning water, also has the capacity to inhibit hydration of the water-soluble polysaccharide in the aqueous medium. Water conditioners preserve the effectiveness of herbicides, but do not result in a more volatile herbicide formulation. It is known that water hardness reduces the effectiveness of herbicides, including, but not limited to, glyphosate and other herbicides other than auxin, and the water conditioning component, as described in this document, minimizes the deleterious effect. of water-soluble cations on, for example, glyphosate and those other herbicides other than auxins.

[00066] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises, based on 100 bpw of the composition:

(a) more than O bpw, more typically, more or equal to about 10 bpw, even more typically, more or equal to about 30 bpw, and even more typically, more or equal to about 40 pbw of water, (b) more than O pbw, more typically, about 0.1 pbw or about 1 pbw, more typically, about 1.5 pbw, even more typically, about 2 pbw, and even more typically more than 2.5 bpw, or about 3 bpw or about 4 bpw, about 50 bpw or about 30 bpw, more typically, about pbw, more typically, about 20 pbw, even more typically, about 15 bpw, and even more typically, about 12 bpw, of the incompletely hydrated polysaccharide polymer, more typically where at least a portion of the water-soluble polymer is in the form of particles, and at least a portion of such particles is dispersed, more typically, suspended in the liquid medium, (c) more than 0 pbw, more typically about 0.1 Pbw, even more typical about 0.2 bpw, and even more typically about 0.5 bpw, to about 10 bpw and, more typically about 5 bpw, of the suspending agent, (d) more than 0 at about 10 bpw, more typically from about 0.1 to about 10 bpw, even more typically from about 0.2 to about 5 bpw, and even more typically, from about 1 to about 4 bpw, of surfactant, and (e) more than O pbw, more typically about 10 pbw, even more typically about 15 pbw, and even more typically about 20 pbw, about 80 pbw, more typically about 70 bpw, and even more typically about 60 bpw, of the water conditioning component.

[00067] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises, based on 100 bpw of the composition:

(a) more than O bpw, more typically, more or equal to about 10 bpw, even more typically, more or equal to about 30 bpw, and even more typically, more or equal to about 40 pbw of water, (b) more than 0 or from about 0.1 bpw to about 50 bpw or about 30 bpw, more typically, from about 1 to about bpw, more typically, from about 1.5 to about 20 bpw, even more typically, from about 2 to about 15 bpw, and even more typically greater than 2.5 to about 12 bpw, of the incompletely hydrated polysaccharide polymer, more typically in which at least at least a portion of the water-soluble polymer is in the form of particles, and at least a portion of such particles is dispersed, more typically, suspended in the liquid medium, (c) from more than 0 to about 10 bpw, more typically from about 0.1 to about 10 bpw, even more typically from about 0.2 to about 5 bpw, and even more typically, from about 1 to about 4 bpw, of surfactant, (d) more what 0 to about 10 bpw, more typically from about 0.1 to about 10 bpw, even more typically from about 0.2 to about 5 bpw, and even more typically, from about 0.5 to about 5 bpw, of the suspending agent, and (e) from more than 0 to about 70 bpw, more typically from about 10 to about 70 bpw, even more typically from about 15 to about 60 bpw, and even more typically from about 20 to about 50 bpw, of the water conditioning component.

[00068] In one embodiment, the suspending agent is a silica and the water conditioning component is choline chloride, polyacrylate, EDTA, potassium citrate, citric acid, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate (KHPO2.), Di phosphate - potassium hydrogen (KH2PO4) or a combination thereof. The water conditioning component may further comprise a non-surfactant salt, a surfactant, a water-dispersible organic solvent, a mixture of a non-surfactant and a surfactant, a mixture of a non-surfactant salt and a water-dispersible organic solvent, or a mixture of a non-surfactant salt, a surfactant and a water-dispersible organic solvent. In another embodiment, the water conditioning component is choline chloride, tripotassium citrate monohydrate, polyacrylate, EDTA, potassium citrate, citric acid, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate (KHPO.), Potassium dihydrogen phosphate ( KH2PO, 4) or a combination thereof.

[00069] In one embodiment, the suspending agent is a silica. In one embodiment, the suspending agent is a clay.

[00070] In one embodiment, the suspending agent is a clay and the water conditioning component is choline chloride, polyacrylate, EDTA, potassium citrate, citric acid, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate (K2HPOg), di-phosphate potassium hydrogen (KH2PO4) or a combination thereof. In one embodiment, the suspending agent is a silica and the water conditioning component is choline chloride, potassium citrate, polyacrylate, EDTA, citric acid, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate (K2HPO;), dihydrogen phosphate from potassium (KH2PO4) or a combination thereof.

[00071] In one embodiment, the suspending agent is a mixture of silica and clay.

[00072] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises, based on 100 bpw of the composition: more than 0 bpw, or more or equal to about 10 bpw, or more or equal to about 30 bpw of a medium aqueous, more typically, water or a mixture of water and a water-miscible organic liquid, of more than 2.5 bpw, or of about 3 bpw, or of about

4 bpw at about 50 bpw, or about 30 bpw, or about 25 bpw, or about 20 bpw, or about 15 bpw, or about 12 bpw, of a water-soluble polymer, more typically, a water-soluble polymer selected from water-soluble polysaccharide polymers and water-soluble non-polysaccharide polymers, and even more typically, a water-soluble polymer selected from polyacrylamine polymers, non-derivative guar gums, guar gums derivatives, and mixtures thereof, in which such a water-soluble polymer is incompletely hydrated, more typically where at least a portion of the water-soluble polymer is in the form of particles and at least a portion of such particles is dispersed, most typically , suspended, in the liquid medium,

of O pbw, more than O pbw, of about 0.1 bpw, of about 0.2 bpw or of about 0.5 bpw, about 10 bpw or about 5 bpw, of a suspending agent, more typically from a suspending agent selected from silicas, colloidal or inorganic colloidal forming particles, rheology modifying polymers, water soluble polymers in addition to the water soluble polymer, and mixtures thereof dissolved or dispersed in the liquid medium, from more than 0 to about 10 pbw, more typically from about 0.1 to about 10 pbw, even more typically from about 0.2 to about 5 Pbw, and even more typically, from about 1 to about 4 bpw, of surfactant comprising a Cg-C18 ethoxylate alcohol and its phosphate or sulfate salts, of more than O pbw, more typically of about 10 bpw, even more typically of about 15 bpw , and even more typically about pbw, about 80 bpw, more typically about 70 bpw, and even more typically about 60 bpw, of comp component of water conditioning comprising choline chloride, potassium citrate, citric acid, polyacrylate, EDTA, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate

(K2HPO :), potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH2PO4) or a combination thereof.

[00073] In one embodiment, the surfactant is added to incorporate desired properties in the application as a dispersant, wetting agent, biological efficacy agent, spreader, adhesive. In one embodiment, surfactants generally include nonionic surfactants or anionic or cationic surfactants. In one embodiment, the surfactant includes, but is not limited to, for example, amides such as alkanolamides, ethoxylated alkanolamides, ethylene bisamides; esters such as fatty acid esters, glycerol esters, ethoxylated fatty acid esters, sorbitan esters, ethoxylated sorbitan; ethoxylates such as alkylphenol ethoxylates, alcohol ethoxylates, tristyrylphenol ethoxylates, mercaptan ethoxylates; EO / PO block copolymers and end terminated as ethylene oxide / propylene oxide block copolymers, chlorine terminated ethoxylates, tetra-functional block copolymers; amine oxides such as lauramine oxide, cocamine oxide, stearamine oxide, stearamidopropylamine oxide, palmitamidopropylamine oxide, decylamine oxide; monoester sulfosuccinates, diester sulfosuccinates such as sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate, sodium bestridecyl sulfosuccinate, sodium dihexyl sulfosuccinate, sodium diisobutyl sulfosuccinate, ethoxylated disodium sulfosuccinic acid semester; fatty alcohols such as decyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, tridecyl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol, linoleyl alcohol and linolenyl alcohol; and alkoxylated alcohols such as ethoxylated lauryl alcohol, tridecet alcohols; and fatty acids such as lauric acid, oleic acid, stearic acid, myristic acid, cetearic acid, isostearic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, ricinoleic acid, elaidic acid, ariquidonic acid, myristoleic acid, as well as mixtures thereof. In another modality, the non-ionic surfactant is a glycol as a polyethylene

noglycol (PEG), PEG alkyl esters, polypropylene glycol (PPG) and derivatives thereof. In certain embodiments, the surfactant is a mixture of: one or more alcohol ethoxylates, one or more alkyl phenol ethoxylates, one or more terpene alkoxylates or any mixture thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the surfactant is a C6-C13 ethoxylate and, more typically, a Cg-C12 ethoxylate.

[00074] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises, based on 100 parts by weight (bpw) of the composition: more than 0 pbw, or more or equal to about 10 bpw, or more or equal to about 30 bpw of an aqueous liquid medium comprising a mixture of water and a water immiscible organic liquid, a surfactant, more typically, one or more surfactants comprising a non-ionic surfactant, even more typically, comprising a non-ionic surfactant selected from sorbitan fatty acid esters, aryl alkoxylates, alkoxylated fatty alcohols, alkoxylated fatty acids, alkoxylated triglycerides, alkoxyl cupylamers, alkyl polyglycosides, alkoxylated fatty amines, and ether amines, and mixtures thereof, in one amount effective to emulsify water and water immiscible organic liquid, more typically, greater than O bpw, or about 2 bpw, about 8 bpw Or about 6 bpw, of the surfactant, O pbw, or more that pbw, or about 0.1 bpw, or about 1 bpw, or about 1.5 bpw, or about 2 bpw, or more than 2.5 bpw, or about 4 bpw, at about 50 bpw at about 30 bpw, or about 25 bpw, or about 20 bpw, or about pbw, or about 12 bpw, of a first water-soluble polymer, more typically, a water-soluble polymer selected from among water-soluble polysaccharide polymers and water-soluble non-polysaccharide polymers and, even more typically, a water-soluble polymer selected from polyacrylamine polymers, non-derived guar gums, derived guar gums, and mixtures thereof, where such water-soluble polymer is incompletely hydrated, more typically in which at least a portion of the water-soluble polymer is in the form of particles of the water-soluble polymer and in which at least a portion of such particles is dispersed , more typically, suspended in the liquid medium of O pbw, or more than O pbw, or of about 0.1 pbw, or about 0.2 bpw, or about 0.5 bpw, about 10 bpw, or about 5 bpw of a suspending agent selected from silicas, colloid forming or inorganic colloidal particles, modifying polymers of rheology, second water-soluble polymers in addition to the first selected water-soluble polymer, and mixtures thereof dissolved or dispersed in the liquid medium, and of O pbw, of more than O pbw, of about 2 bpw, or of about 5 bpw, about 30 bpw, about 15 bpw or about pbw, of a water conditioning component dissolved or dispersed in the liquid medium, where the composition is in the form of an emulsion, a micro croemulsion or a suspoemulsion.

[00075] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises, based on 100 parts by weight of the composition: more than O bpw, or more or equal to about 10 bpw, or more or equal to about 30 bpw of a non-aqueous liquid medium, more typically, of a water-immiscible organic liquid, of more than 0 bpw, or of about 0.1 bpw, or of about 1 bpw, or of about 1.5 bpw, or about 2 bpw, or more than 2.5 bpw, or about 4 bpw, about 50 bpw, or about 30 bpw, or about 25 bpw, or about 20 bpw, or about 15 bpw, or about 12 bpw, of a water-soluble polymer, more typically,

a water-soluble polymer selected from water-soluble polysaccharide polymers and water-soluble non-polysaccharide polymers and, even more typically, a water-soluble polymer selected from polyacrylamine polymers, non-derived guar gums, gums derived guar, and mixtures thereof, in which at least a portion of the water-soluble polymer is in the form of particles and at least a portion of such particles is dispersed, more typically, suspended in the non-aqueous liquid medium, and O bpw, or more than 0 bpw, or about 0.1 bpw, or about 0.2 bpw, or about 0.5 bpw, about 10 bpw or about 5 bpw, of an agent of suspension, more typically, a suspending agent selected from silicas, colloidal or inorganic colloidal forming particles, and mixtures thereof, dispersed in the non-aqueous liquid medium.

[00076] Suitable water-soluble polysaccharide polymers include, for example, galactomannans as guar gums, including guar gum derivatives, xanthans, polyfrutoses such as levan, starches, including starch derivatives, such as amylopectin, and cellulose, including cellulose derivatives, such as methylcellulose, ethylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate and cellulose acetate propionate.

[00077] Galactomannans are polysaccharides that consist mainly of mannose and monosaccharide galactose. The mannose elements form a chain consisting of many hundreds of (1,4) -B-D-mannopyranosyl residues, with residues of 1,6 a-D-galactopyranosyl attached at varying distances, depending on the plant of origin. Naturally occurring galactomannans are available from numerous sources, including guar gum, guar gum divisions, locust bean gum and tare gum. In addition, galactomannans can also be obtained by classical synthetic routes or can be obtained by chemical modification of naturally occurring galactomannans.

[00078] “Guar gum refers to the mucilage found in the seed of the leguminous plant Cyamopsis tetragonolobus. The water-soluble fraction (85%) is called "guarana", which consists of linear chains of (1,4) -B-D-mannopyranosyl units with a-D-galactopyranosyl units attached by bonds (1,6). The ratio between D-galactose and D-mannose in guarana is about 1: 2. Guar gum typically has an average molecular weight by weight between 2,000,000 and

5,000,000 g / mol. Guar gums that have a reduced molecular weight, for example, from about 50,000 to about 2,000,000 g / mol are also known.

[00079] Guar seeds are composed of a pair of resistant, non-brittle endosperm sections, hereinafter referred to as "guar gum divisions", among which the brittle embryo (germ) is sandwiched. After peeling, the seeds are divided, the germ (43 to 47% of the seed) is removed by sieving and the divisions are crushed. Crushed rooms are reported to contain about 78 to 82% galactomannan polysaccharide and minimal amounts of some proteinaceous material, inorganic non-surfactant salts, water-insoluble gum, and cell membranes, as well as some seed husks and residual embryo.

[00080] Locust bean gum or locust bean gum is the refined endosperm of the locust bean seed, Ceratonia siliqua. The ratio of galactose to mannose for this type of gum is about 1: 4. Locust bean gum is commercially available.

[00081] Tare gum is derived from refined seed gum from the tare tree. The ratio of galactose to mannose is about 1: 3. Tare gum is commercially available.

[00082] “Other galactomannans of interest are galactomannans

in modified, including guar polymer derivatives, such as carboxymethyl guar, carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar, cationic hydroxypropyl guar, hydroxyalkyl guar, including hydroxyethyl guar, hydroxypropyl guar, hydroxybutyl guar and hydroxylalkyl upper guars, carboxylalkyl guars, including carboxyl alkyl guar, carboxylpropyl guar, carboxybutyl guar, and superior carboxyalkyl guar, the hydroxyethylated, hydroxypropylated and carboxymethylated derivative of guarana, the hydroxyethylated and carboxymethylated derivatives of carubin, and the hydroxypropylated and carboxymethylated derivatives of cassia gum. In one embodiment, the derived guar gum is hydroxypropyl guar. In one embodiment, the derived guar gum is cationic hydroxypropyl guar or cationic guar gum.

[00083] The xanthans of interest are xanthan gum and xantan gel. Xanthan gum is a polysaccharide gum produced by Xathomonas campestris and contains D-glucose, D-mannose, D-glucuronic acid as the main hexose units, it also contains pyruvic acid and is partially acetylated.

[00084] Levana is a polyfructose which comprises 5-membered rings linked via B-2,6 bonds, with branches via B-2,1 bonds. Levana has a glass transition temperature of 138 ºC and is available in particulate form. At a molecular weight of 1 to 2 million, the diameter of the densely packed spherolytic particles is about 85 nm.

[00085] Modified celluloses are celluloses that contain at least one functional group, such as a hydroxy group, a hydroxycarboxyl group or hydroxyalkyl group, such as, for example, hydroxymethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl celluloses, hydroxypropyl celluloses or celluloses hydroxybutyl.

[00086] The processes for making derivatives of guar gum divisions are generally known. Typically, guar divisions are reacted with one or more derivative agents under conditions

reaction reactions suitable for producing a guar polysaccharide that has the desired substituent groups. Suitable derivative reagents are commercially available and typically contain a reactive functional group, such as an epoxy group, a hydrochlorine group or an ethylenically unsaturated group, and at least one other substituent group, such as a cationic, nonionic or anionic substituent group , or a precursor of such a substituent group per molecule, wherein the substituent group may be attached to the reactive functional group of the derivative by a divalent linking group, such as an alkylene or oxyalkylene group. Suitable cationic substituent groups include primary, secondary or tertiary amine groups or quaternary ammonium, sulfonium or phosphonium groups. Suitable non-ionic substituent groups include hydroxyalkyl groups, such as hydroxypropyl groups. Suitable anionic groups include carboxyalkyl groups, such as carboxymethyl groups. Cationic, non-ionic and / or anionic substituent groups can be introduced into the guar polysaccharide chains through a series of reactions or by simultaneous reactions with the respective appropriate derivative agents.

[00087] Guar gum can be treated with a crosslinking agent, such as, for example, borax (sodium tetraborate) is commonly used as a processing aid in the reaction step of the water dividing process to crosslink partially the surface of the guar divisions and thereby reduce the amount of water absorbed by the guar divisions during processing. Other crosslinkers, such as glyoxal or titanate compounds, are known.

[00088] In one embodiment, the polysaccharide component of the composition of the present invention is a non-derivative galactomannan polysaccharide, more typically a non-derivative guar gum.

[00089] In one embodiment, the polysaccharide is a galactomannan-derived polysaccharide that is substituted at one or more sites on the polysaccharide by a substituent group that is independently selected for each site in the group consisting of cationic substituting groups, non-substituting groups ionic and anionic substitution groups.

[00090] In one embodiment, the polysaccharide component of the composition of the present invention is galactomannan-derived polysaccharide, more typically, a derived guar gum. Suitable derived guar gums include, for example, hydroxypropyl trimethylammonium guar, hydroxypropyl lauryldimethylammonium guar, hydroxypropyl stearyldimethylammonium guar, hydroxypropyl guar, carboxymethyl guar, guar gum with hydroxypropyl groups and hydroxypropyl trimethylammonium groups, guar gum with hydroxypropyl trimethylammon groups and hydroxypropyl groups with hydroxypropyl groups and hydroxypropyl groups with hydroxypropyl groups. themselves.

[00091] The number of derivative groups in a derived polysaccharide polymer can be distinguished by the degree of substitution of the derived polysaccharide polymer or by the molar substitution of the derived polysaccharide polymer.

[00092] “As used herein, the terminology" degree of substitution "with reference to a particular type of derivation group and a specific polysaccharide polymer means the number of the average number of such derivation groups attached to each unit monomeric polysaccharide polymer. In a modality, the galactomannan-derived polysaccharide exhibits a degree of total substitution ("DS1") from about 0.001 to about 3.0, where: DSr is the sum of DS for cationic substituent groups ("DScationic" ), DS for nonionic substituting groups ("Nonionic DS") and DS for anionic substituting groups ("DSanionic"), DScationic Is from 0 to about 3, more typically from about 0.001 to about 2.0, and even more typically from about 0.001 to about 1.0,

Non-ionic IS from 0 to 3.0, more typically from about 0.001 to about 2.5, and even more typically from about 0.001 to about 10, and DSanionic IS from 0 to 3.0, more typically, from about 0.001 to about 2.0.

[00093] “As used in this document, the term" molar substitution "or" ms "refers to the number of moles of derivative groups per mole of monosaccharide units of guar gum. Molar replacement can be determined by the Zeisel-GC method. The molar substitution used by the present invention is typically in the range of about 0.001 to about 3.

[00094] In one embodiment, the polysaccharide polymer is in the form of particles. In one embodiment, the polysaccharide polymer particles have an average initial particle size, that is, determined for dry particles before suspension in the aqueous medium, from about 5 to 200 µm, more typically about 20 to 200 µm as measured by light scattering, and exhibit a particle size in the aqueous medium of more than or equal to the initial particle size, which is greater than or equal to 5 µm, more typically greater than or equal to 20 µm, with any increase from the initial particle size being due to swelling caused by partial hydration of the polysaccharide polymer in the aqueous medium.

[00095] “In one embodiment, the water-soluble polymer is a water-soluble non-polysaccharide polymer. Suitable water-soluble non-polysaccharide polymers include, for example, lecithin polymers, poly (alkylene oxide) polymers such as poly (ethylene oxide) polymer and water-soluble polymers derived from ethylenically unsaturated monomer . Suitable water-soluble polymers derived from ethylenically unsaturated monomers include water-soluble polymers derived from acrylamide,

methacrylamide, 2-hydroxy ethyl acrylate, and / or N-vinyl pyrrolidone, including homopolymers of such monomers, such as polyacrylamide polymers) and poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) polymers, as well as copolymers of such monomers with one or more comonomers. Suitable water-soluble copolymers derived from ethylenically unsaturated monomers include water-soluble cationic polymers produced by the polymerization of at least one cationic monomer, such as an alkyl (meth) acrylamide, diamino (acrylate) acrylate, or mixture thereof and one or more nonionic monomers, such as acrylamide or methacrylamide. In one embodiment, the non-polysaccharide polymer exhibits an average molecular weight greater than about 1,000,000 g / mol, more typically, greater than about 2,000,000 g / mol to about 20,000,000 g / mol, more typically at about 10,000,000 g / mol.

[00096] In one embodiment, the suspending agent component of the composition of the present invention comprises a pyrogenated silica. Pyrogenated silica is typically produced by hydrolysis of the vapor phase of a silicon compound, for example, silicon tetrachloride, in a flame of hydrogen and oxygen. The combustion process creates silicon dioxide molecules that condense to form particles. The particles collide, attach and sinter together. The result of these processes is typically a three-dimensional branched chain aggregate, which typically has an average particle size of about 0.2 to 0.3 microns. Since the aggregates cool below the melting point of silica (1,710ºC), additional collisions result in mechanical interlacing of the chains, called agglomeration.

[00097] In one embodiment, suitable fumed silica has a BET surface area of 50 to 400 square meters per gram (m / g), more typically from about 100 m / g to about 400 m / g.

[00098] In one embodiment, the suspending agent component of the composition of the present invention comprises a pyrogenated silica in an amount that is effective, alone or in combination with one or more other suspending agents, to impart viscosity. shear thinning for the composition, typically in an amount, based on 100 bpw of the composition, greater than 0 bpw, more typically, about 0.1 pbw, and even more typically, about 0, 5 bpw, about 10 bpw, more typically, about 5 bpw, and even more typically, about 2.5 bpw, of fumed silica.

[00099] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises, based on 100 bpw of the composition, more than 0 to about 10 bpw, more typically, from about 0.1 to about 5 bpw, and even more typically from about 0.5 to about 2.5 bpw of fumed silica.

[000100] In one embodiment, the suspending agent component of the composition of the present invention comprises an inorganic colloid-forming clay, typically aluminosilicate or magnesium silicate, typically, a smectite clay (also known as montmorillonoide), an atapulgite clay (also known as paligorsquita) or a mixture thereof. Such clay materials can be described as expandable layered clays, where the term "expandable", as used herein with reference to such clay, refers to the ability of the layered clay structure to be swollen, or expanded, in contact with water.

[000101] Smectites are clays in three layers. There are two distinct classes of smectite clays. In the first class of smectites, aluminum oxide is present in the silicate crystal latex and the clays have a typical formula of AlX (Si2Os) (OH) 2. In the second class of smectites, magnesium oxide is present in the silicate crystal latex and the clays have a typical Mg3 (Si2O05s) (OH) 2 formula. The range of hydration water in the Formulas above may vary with the processing to which the clay will be subjected. This is irrelevant to the use of smectite clays in the present compositions since the expandable characteristics of hydrated clays are dictated by the silicate lattice structure. In addition, atomic substitution by iron and magnesium may occur within the crystal lattice of smectites, while metal cations such as Na ”, Ca? *, As well as H *, may be present in the hydration water for provide electrical neutrality. Although the presence of iron in such a clay material is preferably avoided to minimize the chemical interaction between the clay and optional composition components, such cation substitutions are in general irrelevant to the use of the clays here since the desirable physical properties of the clay are not substantially altered as a result.

[000102] Aluminosilicate smectite clays expandable in layers useful here are further characterized by a dioctahedral crystal lattice, while expandable magnesium silicate clays have a trioctahedral crystal lattice.

[000103] Suitable smectite clays include, for example, montmorillonite (bentonite), volconscoite, nontronite, beidelite, hectorite, saponite, sauconite and vermiculite, are commercially available.

[000104] Atapulgites are clays rich in magnesium having different tetrahedral and octahedral cell elements overlapping principles than smectites. An idealized composition of the atapulgite unit cell is given as: (H20) to (OH) 2MgsSigO204H20O. Atapulgite clays are commercially available.

[000105] As noted above, the clays employed in the compositions of the present invention contain cationic counterions such as protons, sodium ions, potassium ions, calcium ions, magnesium ions.

and the like. It is customary to distinguish between clays based on a cation that is predominantly or exclusively absorbed. For example, a sodium clay is one in which the cation absorbed is predominantly sodium. Such absorbed cations can become involved in exchange reactions with cations present in aqueous solutions.

[000106] The clay materials commercially obtained may comprise mixtures of the various discrete mineral entities. Such mixtures of minerals are suitable for use in the present compositions. In addition, natural clays sometimes consist of particles in which unit layers of different types of clay minerals are stacked (inter-ratification). Such clays are called mixed layer clays, and these materials are also suitable for use here.

[000107] In one embodiment, the suspending agent component of the composition of the present invention comprises an inorganic colloid-forming clay in an amount that is effective, alone or in combination with one or more other suspending agents are, to impart shear viscosity under shear for the composition, typically in an amount, based on 100 bpw of the composition, greater than 0 bpw, more typically, about 0.1 bpw, and even more typically, about 0.5 bpw, about pbw, more typically, about 5 bpw, and even more typically, about 2.5 bpw, inorganic colloid forming clay.

[000108] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises, based on 100 bpw of the composition, more than 0 to about 10 bpw, more typically, from about 0.1 to about 5 bpw, and even more typically , from about 0.5 to about 2.5 pbw, of inorganic colloid formation clay.

[000109] A fumed silica or clay suspending agent is typically introduced into the liquid medium and mixed to disperse the fumed silica or clay suspending agent in the liquid medium.

[000110] In one embodiment, the suspending agent component of the composition of the present invention comprises a rheology modifying polymer. Rheology modifying polymers are polymers used to thicken aqueous compositions. Suitable rheology modifying polymers are known and typically fall within one of the three general classes, namely, alkaline swellable polymers, hydrogen bonding rheology modifiers and hydrophobic associative thickeners.

[000111] Alkaline swellable polymers are pH-responsive polymers that swell when placed in an alkaline medium and include, for example, homopolymers and copolymers that comprise units derived from ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomers acrylic, methacrylic acid, maleic acid.

[000112] Suitable hydrogen bonding rheology modifiers include, for example, hydrocolloids such as cellulose and hydrophilic cellulose derivatives, such as carboxymethylcellulose and hydroxyethylcellulose, and natural gums and gum derivatives, such as guar gum. , hydroxypropyl guar, carrageenan and microbial polysaccharide such as xanthan gum, rheozan, diutana, wellan gum, suctionoglycan, scleroglucan. In one embodiment, the hydrogen bonding rheology modifier is a second water-soluble polymer that is different from the fully hydrated water-soluble polymer component of the composition of the present invention. For example, in a modality in which the water-soluble, fully hydrated polymer is a first polysaccharide polymer, the hydrogen bridging rheology modifier can be a second polysaccharide polymer that is more readily hybridized.

drained than the first polysaccharide polymer.

[000113] Hydrophobic associative rheology modifiers are known and include hydrophobically modified natural or synthetic polymers that contain hydrophobic and hydrophilic substituent groups, such as hydrophobically modified cellulose derivatives and polymers that have a synthetic hydrophilic backbone, such as poly (oxyalkylene), as a main structure of poly (oxyethylene) or poly (oxypropylene) and hydrophobic pendant groups, such as hydrocarbon groups (C10-C30). Nonionic associated thickeners are typically preferred due to their insensitivity to high salt concentrations and include, for example, PEG-200 glyceryl tallow, hydrogenated glyceryl palmate PEG-200, PPG- palmetre-60 hexyl dicarbamate 14, PEG-160 sorbitan tri-isostearate.

[000114] In one embodiment, the suspending agent component of the composition of the present invention comprises a rheology modifying polymer in an amount that is effective, alone or in combination with one or more other suspending agents, to impart viscosity of shear thinning for the composition, typically in an amount, based on 100 bpw of the composition, greater than 0 bpw, more typically, about 0.1 bpw, and even more typically, about 1 bpw, at about 10 bpw, more typically, about 5 bpw, of rheology modifier polymer.

[000115] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises, based on 100 bpw of the composition, more than 0 to about 10 bpw, more typically, from about 0.1 to about 10 bpw, and even more typically from about 1 to about 5 bpw of rheology modifying polymer.

[000116] A rheology modifier suspending agent is typically introduced into the liquid medium and subjected to mixing to disperse the rheology modifier polymer in the aqueous medium.

[000117] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention further comprises a surfactant. As used in this document, the term "surfactant" means a compound that has the ability to reduce the surface tension of water, more typically, a compound selected from one of five classes of compounds, ie, surfactants cationic, anionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants and non-ionic surfactants, as well as mixtures thereof, which are known for their detergent properties. In one embodiment, the surfactant is added to incorporate desired properties in the application such as dispersant properties, wetting agent, biological efficacy agent, spreader and / or adhesive.

[000118] Suitable cationic surfactants include, for example, amine salts, such as ethoxylated tallow amine, cocoalkylamine and oleylamine, quaternary ammonium compounds such as cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide, myristyltrimethyl ammonium bromide, stearylimethyl ammonium bromide , lauryl ammonium methysulfate / myristryltrimethyl, stearyl octyldimonium methosulfate, dihydrogenated palmoethyl hydroxyl methylone methoxylate, isostearyl benzylidonium chloride, cocoylbenzyl hydroxyethyl hydroxyethyl hydroxyethyl hydroxyethyl imidazoline chloride, hydroxyethyl hydroxyethyl hydroxyethyl hydroxyethyl hydroxyethyl hydroxyethyl hydroxyethyl hydroxyethyl hydroxyethyl hydroxyethyl chloride. themselves.

[000119] Suitable anionic surfactants include, for example, ammonium lauryl sulphate, ammonium lauryl ether, triethylamine lauryl sulphate, triethylamine lauryl ether, triethanolamine lauryl sulphate, triethanolamine lauryl ether, monoethyl lauryl sulphate. , monoethanolamine lauryl sulfate, diethanolamine lauryl sulfate, diethanolamine lauryl ether sulfate, lauric mono-glyceride sodium sulphate, sodium lauryl sulphate, sodium lauryl ether sulfate, potassium lauryl sulphate, potassium lauryl ether, lauryl ether sodium sarcosinate, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, lauryl sarcosine, cocoyl sarcosi-

na, ammonium cocoyl sulphate, ammonium lauryl sulphate, phosphate esters, sodium cocoyl sulphate, sodium lauryl sulphate, potassium cocoyl sulphate, potassium lauryl sulphate, triethanolamine lauryl sulphate, triethanolamine lauryl sulphate, cocoyl sulphate monoethanolamine, monoethanolamine lauryl sulphate, sodium tridecyl benzene sulfonate, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, sulfosuccinate monoester, sulphosuccinate diester, such as sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate, sodium diestryl sulfosuccinate, sodium di-hexyl sulfosuccinate diisobutyl sulphosuccinate, sodium ethoxylated disodium semiester of sulfosuccinic acid and mixtures thereof. In one embodiment, suitable surfactants include sulfosuccinates and / or salts thereof. In another embodiment, suitable surfactants include sulfosuccinate esters and / or salts thereof.

[000120] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention further comprises an amphoteric surfactant. Suitable amphoteric surfactants include those surfactants widely described as derivatives of aliphatic secondary or tertiary amines in which the aliphatic radical can be straight or branched chain and where one of the aliphatic substituents contains from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms and one contains an anionic water solubilization group such as carboxyl, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphate or phosphonate. In one embodiment, the amphoteric surfactant comprises at least one compound selected from cocoanfoacetate, cocoanphodiacetate, lauroanfoacetate and lauroanphodiacetate.

[000121] Suitable zwitterionic surfactants include, for example, those surfactants widely described as derived from quaternary ammonium, phosphonium and sulfonium compounds, in which the aliphatic radicals can be straight or branched chain, and in which one of the substituents aliphatics contains from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms and one contains an anionic group such as carboxyl, sulfonate,

sulfate, phosphate or phosphonate. Specific examples of suitable Zwitterionic surfactants include alkyl betaines, such as cocodimethyl carboxymethyl betaine, lauryl dimethyl carboxymethyl betaine, lauryl dimethyl alpha-carboxy-ethyl betaine, cetyl dimethyl carboxymethyl betaine, lauryl bis- (2-hydroxy-ethyl) carboxymethyl biscarboxyl methylcarbonate. - (2-hydroxy-propyl) carboxymethyl betaine, oleyl dimethyl gamma-carboxypropyl betaine, and lauryl bis- (2-hydroxypropyl) alpha-carboxyethyl betaine, alkyl amidopropyl betaines, and alkyl sultaines, such as cocodimethyl sulfopropyl betaine, stearyldimethyl sulfopropyl betaine, lauryl dimethyl sulfoethyl betaine, lauryl bis- (2-hydroxyethyl) sulfopropyl betaine and alkylamidopropylhydroxy sultaines.

[000122] In one embodiment, the water conditioning component as described in this document comprises (i) water and (ii) choline chloride, potassium citrate, citric acid, polyacrylate, ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), dipotassium hydrogen phosphate (K2HPO :), potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH2PO4) or a combination thereof. The water conditioning component, in another embodiment, may also include a pH adjustment component (for example, NaOH), as well as other components. In one embodiment, the water conditioning component further comprises a non-surfactant salt.

[000123] The water-soluble non-surfactant salt comprises a cationic component and an anionic component. Suitable cations can be monovalent or multivalent, can be organic or inorganic, and include, for example, sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, cesium and lithium cations, as well as mono, di, pyridinium or ammonium cations. tri or quaternary. Suitable anions can be monovalent or multivalent, can be organic or inorganic, and include, for example, anions of chloride, sulfate, nitrate, nitrite, carbohydrate, citrate, cyanate, acetate, benzoate, tartrate, oxalate, carboxylate, phosphate and phosphonate. The water-soluble non-surfactant salts

include, for example, multivalent anions non-surfactant salts with monovalent cations, such as potassium pyrophosphate, potassium tri-polyphosphate and sodium citrate, multivalent cation non-surfactant salts with monovalent anions, such as calcium chloride calcium, bromide, zinc halides, barium chloride, and calcium nitrate, and non-surfactant salts of monovalent cations with monovalent anions, such as sodium chloride, potassium chloride, potassium iodide, sodium bromide, ammonium, ammonium sulfate, alkali metal nitrates and ammonium nitrates.

[000124] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention does not contain any cationic surfactant, anionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant which is a water-soluble salt.

[000125] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises a cationic surfactant, anionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant or zwitterionic surfactant, such as, for example, sodium lauryl sulfate, which is a water-soluble salt. The amount of surfactant that is a water-soluble salt should be included in the total amount of water-soluble salt for purposes of determining the total amount of water-soluble salt component of the composition of the present invention.

[000126] As discussed below, in one embodiment, the composition is a dilutable, concentrated form of a final use composition and still comprises one or more active ingredients, such as, for example, a personal care benefit agent , a pesticidal active ingredient or a pharmaceutical active ingredient, suitable for the intended end use. Such active ingredients can be water-soluble non-surfactant salts. The amount of active ingredient which is a water-soluble non-surfactant salt is to be included in the total amount of water-soluble for purposes of determining the total amount of water-soluble salt component of the compound.

of the present invention.

[000127] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises a water-soluble salt or a glycol, derived from glycol, a glycerol or glycerol derivative in an amount that is effective, alone or in combination with one or more other components of water conditioning, to prevent or at least inhibit the hydration of the polysaccharide, typically in an amount, based on 100 bpw of the composition and including the amount of all water-soluble non-surfactant salt, the amount of any surfactant component of the composition of the present invention which is a water-soluble salt and the amount of any active ingredient component of the composition of the present invention which is a water-soluble salt, greater than O pbw, more typically, of about 2 bpw and even more typically, from about 5 bpw, to about 70 bpw, more typically, about 65 bpw and even more typically, about 60 bpw, of water-soluble salt.

[000128] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises, based on 100 bpw of the composition and including the amount of any water-soluble non-surfactant salt, the amount of any surfactant component of the composition of the present invention that is soluble in water and the amount of any active ingredient component of the composition of the present invention which is a water-soluble salt, greater than O at about 70 bpw, more typically, from about 2 to about 65 bpw and even more typically about 5 to about 60 bpw of water-soluble salt.

[000129] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises an organic solvent dispersible in water, in an amount that is effective, alone or in combination with one or more other hydration inhibiting components, to prevent or to at least inhibiting hydration of the polysaccharide, typically in an amount, based on 100 bpw of the composition, greater than 0 bpw, more typically, from about 2 bpw, and even more typically, from about 5 bpw to about 40 bpw , more typically, about 30 pbw, and even more typically, about 25 pbw, of water-dispersible organic solvent. In one embodiment, the organic solvent is glycol, a glycol derivative, a glycerol or a glycerol derivative is polyethylene glycol or polypropylene glycol, glycol ethers or a combination thereof. The water-dispersible organic solvent can be combined with water, in other embodiments.

[000130] In another embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises an effective amount of at least one surfactant that is effective, alone or in combination with one or more other hydration inhibiting components, to prevent or at least less inhibit the hydration of the polysaccharide. Incomplete hydration can be achieved by various means (1) with the use of salts dissolved in liquid solvents (2) (by themselves, or mixed with water such as water / water miscible solvents or water / water immiscible solvents) and (3) surfactants with water. The mixture of surfactants with water can make the polysaccharide (polysaccharides) insoluble, that is, non-hydrated and fluidizable.

[000131] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention comprises, based on 100 bpw of the composition, from more than 0 to about 40 bpw, more typically, from about 2 to about 30 bpw, and even more typically, from about 5 to about 25 bpw, water-dispersible organic solvent.

[000132] The composition of the present invention is typically produced by mixing the components of the composition together.

[000133] In one embodiment, in which the liquid medium is an aqueous medium comprising water or water and a water-miscible organic liquid, the composition is typically produced by means of:

mixing the water conditioning component as described in this document with the aqueous liquid medium, and mixing the drift control component with the mixture of aqueous liquid medium, and water conditioning component.

[000134] In one embodiment, in which the liquid medium is an aqueous medium comprising water or water and a water-miscible organic liquid, the composition is typically produced by: mixing the water conditioning component as described in present document with the aqueous liquid medium, mixing the water-soluble polymer with the mixing of the aqueous liquid medium and the water conditioning component, and mixing the suspending agent with the mixture of the aqueous liquid medium, the water conditioning component and of the water-soluble polymer. This method of addition prevents hydration of the water-soluble polymer and prevents the formation of a risk of an intermediate composition that has an intractably high viscosity.

[000135] In another embodiment, in which the liquid medium is an aqueous medium comprising water and a water-immiscible organic liquid, the composition is typically produced by means of: optionally mixing all or a portion of the tension- active, and, optionally, a suspending agent, with water, mixture of the water-soluble polymer, optionally all or a portion of the surfactant and, optionally, a suspending agent, with the water-immiscible organic liquid, and combination the water-based mixture and the water-immiscible organic liquid-based mixture to form the composition. The surfactant can be added to the water mixture or to the water-immiscible organic liquid mixture, or a portion of the emulsifier can be added to each mixture. If optional suspending agent is used, all of the suspending agent can be added to the water, all of the suspending agent can be added to the water immiscible organic liquid, or a first portion of the suspending agent can be added to the water and a second portion of the suspending agent added to the water-immiscible organic liquid. The water conditioning component that can still be used in the water immiscible organic liquid can be added to the water or the water immiscible organic liquid. This way of adding prevents hydration of the water-soluble polymer and prevents the formation of a risk of an intermediate composition that has an intractably high viscosity.

[000136] In another embodiment, in which the liquid medium is a non-aqueous liquid medium, more typically, a water-immiscible organic liquid, the pesticide, the water-soluble polymer, the optional suspending agent and the Water conditioning is typically added to the non-aqueous liquid medium and mixed to form the composition.

[000137] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention exhibits a dilution thickening behavior, that is, as the composition of the present invention is diluted with water, the viscosity of the composition viscosity increases initially with increasing dilution , reaches a maximum value and then decreases with further dilution. The increasing viscosity with increasing dilution corresponds to an increasing concentration of water-soluble polysaccharide dissolved as the concentration of the surfactant and / or the salt component of the composition decreases with increasing dilution.

[000138] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention is useful as a source of pumpable polysaccharide liquid with a high polysaccharide content for formulating aqueous end-use compositions, in particular agricultural pesticidal compositions.

[000139] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention is an agricultural adjuvant composition that is stable, has a low viscosity, is easily transportable, is pourable and pumpable under field conditions, and is dilutable with water under field conditions agricultural.

[000140] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention is mixed with a pesticide active ingredient and, optionally, other adjuvant ingredients, and water to form a diluted pesticidal composition for spray application to target pests.

[000141] In one embodiment, the composition is a concentrated dilutable form of an end-use composition and further comprises one or more active ingredients, such as, for example, a pharmaceutical active agent, or a pharmaceutical active ingredient, suitable for the intended end use. In one embodiment, the concentrate is diluted to form an end-use composition, in which the end-use composition is placed in contact with a target substrate, such as plant foliage, and the water-soluble polymer component of the concentrate improves. the distribution of the active ingredient on the substrate.

[000142] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention is prepared on a basis as needed and is sufficiently stable, that is, a quiescent sample of the composition shows no evidence, by visual inspection, of severely driven separation , as, separation in layers and / or precipitation of components, as, for example, separation of incompletely hydrated water-soluble polymer, from the liquid medium, within the predicted period of time. The time period, for example, can be one hour, more typically two hours, between preparation and use.

[000143] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention exhibits good storage stability and a quiescent sample of the composition shows no evidence, by visual inspection, of gravity-driven separation within a given time, such as,

for example, a week, more typically, a month, even more typically, 3 months, under certain storage conditions, such as at room temperature. In one mode,

[000144] In one embodiment, the composition of the present invention exhibits good storage stability and a quiescent sample of the composition shows no evidence, by visual inspection, of gravity-driven separation within a given time, such as, for example, 24 hours, more typically, five days, even more typically, a week, under conditions of accelerated aging at an elevated storage temperature of up to, for example, 54ºC, more typically, 45ºC. Experiments

[000145] A typical formulation is shown below in Table 1. The components of the water conditioner are as follows: DI water, tripotassium citrate monohydrate, choline chloride, Citric acid solution. Various suspension aids for different rheology modifiers were used and physical properties such as viscosity, separation and fluidity were measured after aging at different temperatures and time. The parameters that were varied for the experiments are shown in Table 2. Table 1: Formulation

[000146] The procedure for producing the formulation is as follows:

[000147] Take the polyethylene glycol in a mixer. Under mixing, add the suspension aids. Then, add water and the water conditioner. Then, add the defoamer. Then, add the clay and let it mix long enough to obtain a uniform solution. Then, under mixing, slowly add HP Guar, a derivative of guar gum, so that it mixes evenly without forming shapeless masses. Then add the ethoxylate surfactant and finally the biocide. Continue mixing to produce a uniform solution without any formless mass.

[000148] Transfer the sample to different bottles and age them in preheated ovens at different temperatures. Remove samples at selected time intervals, allow them to cool / warm to room temperature (-20ºC). Measure physical properties such as viscosity, separation and fluidity. Viscosity is measured using a Brookfield viscometer and LV spindle No. 3 and measured at 30 rpm. The results are shown in Table 3 a5. Table 2: [suspension wax 1 | 005 | o 005 Play headphones | o | o [these] To o eos] [trim spas | o [o a ss To 1 ethoxylate surfactant 3 3 EEXNnnnhnhhNa

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Table 3: Brookfield viscosity, cP at 30 rpm, LV spindle No. 3 measured at room temperatures after aging at a different temperature 54ºC, 45ºC, TA, 54ºC, 45ºC, TA, T (ºC) | 1 week | 1 week | 1 week | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | 2 weeks BRT TO To 1900 1400 1100 2600 1650 1065 1250 4000 1400 1360 4000 1800 1150 Table 4: Separation (%) 54ºC, 45ºC, TA, 54ºC, 45ºC, TA, T (ºC) | Initial | 1 week | 1 week | 1 week | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | 2 weeks FAITHFUL oeeee) EEE a Es e EF EF o o E E E E E E E E E E E E E E FIT e Table 5: Fluidity 54ºC, 45ºC, ITA, 54ºC, 45ºC, ITA, Initial 1 week || week / [ 1 week | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | 2 weeks Fluidifiable 1 fluidifiable (fluidifiable flow Ifluidifiable Ifluidifiable Ifluidifiable Fluidififiable 2 | fluidifiable | fluidifiable | [fluidifiable | fluidifiable | fluidifiable [fluidifiable Fluidifiable | fluidifiable | fluidifiable | fluidifiable | fluidifiable | | fluidifiable [fluidifiable Fluidififiable 4 | fluidifiable fluidifiable | fluidifiable | [fluidifiable | fluidifiable | fluidifiable [fluidifiable Fluidifi- difficulty difficulty [fluidic difficulty to flow to flow fluidififiable to flow to flow - Fluidifiable Fluidifi- Fluidifiable difficulty 6 [fluidifiable | ciable fluidifi- Difficulty 7 lcable to flow - Ifluidifiable Ifluidifiable

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Claims (26)

1. Agricultural composition, characterized by the fact that it comprises: - a drift control component comprising: an incompletely hydrated water-soluble polymer suspended in a liquid medium, a suspending agent in an amount effective to impart thinning properties under shear for the composition, optionally, a glycol, a glycol derivative, a glycerol or a glycerol derivative, a surfactant; and - a water conditioning component comprising: choline chloride, potassium citrate, citric acid, polyacrylate, ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate (K2HPO :), potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH2PO4), any salt thereof or a combination thereof. 2. Composition according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the agricultural composition is fluidizable and exhibits a viscosity of less than 10 Pa.s at a shear rate greater than or equal to 10 s !. 3. Composition, according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the agricultural composition is fluidizable and exhibits a viscosity less than 1 Pa.s at a shear rate greater than or equal to 10 s *. 4. Composition according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the water conditioning component comprises choline chloride. 5. Composition, according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the suspending agent is selected from fumed silica, precipitated silica, colloidal or inorganic colloidal forming particles, rheology modifying polymers or mixtures thereof . 6. Composition according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the water-soluble polymer is a guar gum or a derivative of guar gum. 7. Composition according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the water-soluble polymer is guar gum, carboxymethyl guar, carboxymethyl hydroxypropyl guar, hydroxypropyl guar cationic, hydroxyethyl guar, hydroxypropyl guar, hydroxybutyl guar , carboxylpropyl guar, carboxybutyl guar, xanthan gum and mixtures thereof. 8. Composition, according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that glycol, the glycol derivative, the glycerol or the glycerol derivative is present and comprises polyethylene glycol. 9. Composition according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that it still comprises an active pesticide ingredient, in which the water-soluble polymer enhances the delivery of the pesticide active ingredient from the liquid medium to a target substrate. 10. Composition according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the liquid medium is an aqueous liquid medium comprising water or water and a water-immiscible organic liquid, and in which the composition is in the form of a emulsion, micro-emulsion or suspoemulsion. 11. Composition, according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that: -the water-soluble polymer is selected from polyacrylamide polymers, non-derived guar polymers, derived guar polymers and mixtures thereof, and - the suspending agent is selected from hydrogenated silica, precipitated silica, colloidal or inorganic colloidal formation particles, rheology modifying polymers, water-soluble polysaccharide polymers in addition to derivative or non-derived guar polymer and mixtures of themselves. 12. “Composition, according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the surfactant is selected from alkanoolanolamides, ethoxylated alkanolamides, ethylene bisamides, alkyl betaine, alkyl amidopropyl betaine, alkyl sultaine, fatty acid esters - x, glycerol esters, ethoxylated fatty acid esters, sorbitan esters, ethoxylated sorbitans, alkylphenol ethoxylates, alcohol ethoxylates, tristiriffenol ethoxylates, mercaptan ethoxylates; ethylene oxide / propylene oxide block copolymers, chlorine-terminated ethoxylates, tetra-functional block copolymers, lalamine oxide, cocamine oxide, stearamine oxide, stearamine oxide, propylene oxide palmitamidopropylamine, decylamine oxide, monoester sulfosuccinates, diester sulfosuccinates, fatty alcohols, alkoxylated alcohols or any mixtures thereof. 13. “Composition, according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the surfactant is a linear or branched alcohol ethoxylate. 14. “Composition according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the surfactant is a sulfosuccinate monoester or a sulfosuccinate diester. 15. Composition according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the surfactant is sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate, sodium bestridecyl sulfosuccinate, sodium dihexyl sulfosuccinate or sodium diisobutyl sulfosuccinate. 16. Composition, according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the surfactant provides an improved property for the composition, in which the improved property is one or more of the following: dispersibility, wetting, perfecting enhancement of biological efficacy, as an adhesive or as a spreader. 17. Composition according to claim 1, characterized in that the composition comprises, based on 100 parts by weight of the composition, at least 2 parts by weight of an incompletely hydrated water-soluble polymer suspended in a liquid medium. 18. Composition according to claim 1, characterized in that the composition comprises, based on 100 parts by weight of the composition, at least 3 parts by weight of an incompletely hydrated water-soluble polymer suspended in a liquid medium. 19. Composition according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the composition comprises, based on 100 parts by weight of the composition, at least 4 parts by weight of an incompletely hydrated water-soluble polymer suspended in a liquid medium. 20. Composition according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the suspending agent is xanthan gum, rheozan, diutana, wellan gum, succinoglycan, scleroglucan or any combination thereof. 21. Composition according to claim 1, characterized in that the suspending agent is a mixture of at least two of the following: fumed silica, precipitated silica, inorganic colloidal particles or colloid forming particles. 22. Composition, according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the suspending agent is a hydrophobic associative rheology modifier. 23. Composition according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the composition is free or substantially free of compounds containing ammonium. 24. Method for the manufacture of an agricultural composition, characterized by the fact that it comprises a mixture of an aqueous liquid medium, an incompletely hydrated water-soluble polymer dispersed in the aqueous liquid medium and a water conditioning component, being that the steps comprise: - placing the water conditioning component in contact with the aqueous liquid medium, where the water conditioning component comprises choline chloride, potassium citrate, polyacrylate, ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid, citric acid, a polycarbonate boxylate, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate (K2HPOg), potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH2PO, 4), any salts thereof or a combination thereof; and - put a drift control component in contact with the mixture of aqueous liquid and water conditioning component, in which the drift control component comprises: an incompletely hydrated water-soluble polymer, a suspending agent in an amount effective to impart shear thinning properties to the composition, the glycol, the glycol derivative, the glycerol or the glycerol derivative, and a surfactant. 25. Method, according to claim 24, characterized by the fact that it still comprises putting an agricultural pesticide compound in contact with the composition. 26. Method according to claim 24, characterized in that the composition is free or substantially free of compounds containing ammonium.